If we proceed in this business, under this preliminary declaration, it seems to me that we admit, (now for the third time,) by something a great deal stronger than words, the truth of the charges of every kind which they make upon the British ministry, and the grounds of those foul imputations.
Burke warns that proceeding with negotiations under certain assumptions validates the enemy's accusations against the British ministry.
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